SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Selenium IDE
Edge extension·by Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
DANGEROUS
Meaningful risk surface. Avoid on managed devices without review.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Selenium IDE's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
1%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 120,712 extensions
In Developer Tools
1%of developer tools extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 620 developer tools extensions
Findings
404
median 13Lower is safer
Critical findings
3
median 1Severity = Critical
Permissions
10
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
217483
median 255vs category median
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 404 findings across 5 severities
404
findings
detected
detected
Critical31%
High31277%
Medium7118%
Low113%
Info72%
Permissions requested
5 risky permissions of 10 total
2 critical permissions require attention
This extension requests 10 permissions in total. 5 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
Critical
Browser debugger access
Can attach to tabs and inspect/modify all page data using Chrome DevTools protocol
Critical
Access to all websites
Can read and modify content on every website you visit
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
High
Observe web requests
Can monitor all network requests made by the browser
High
Manage downloads
Can initiate downloads and access your download history
Medium
Access current tab
Can temporarily access the content of the active tab when you click the extension
Medium
Add context menu items
Can add custom items to the right-click context menu
Medium
Monitor navigation
Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes
Medium
Show notifications
Can display desktop notifications outside the browser
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jun 25, 2026
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